Man of Iron

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Tony S @RT94004908 10/23/2021 In this sequel to the Man of Marble, any kind of subtlety about state's contempt for people like Birkut and his son is thrown out of the window. The central focus is now switched and now we follow the man who is tasked with creating propaganda, not peeling it of the real events, and in contrast to the Man of Marble, this is a primarily a story about a man finding his conscious, not trying to keep it clean. Now the narrative is completely surrounded by historical events of creating and legitimizing independent union of "Solidarity" and preceding attempts. And if you're not familiar with this event, it might not even occur to you, that it's not fiction. I do not think it's better than the 1977 film and frankly, it just seem too pandering in retrospective, especially when it ends with party officials, angrily shaking their fists telling Winkel, that they are going to get them all. Also the scene, where Radziwilowicz was playing two characters in one scene is ridiculously awkward. See more s r @ScottR 02/17/2018 1001 movies to see before you die. Although this has some narrative issues, this one still is powerful and unique. It's amazing that it was ever made. It was on youtube. See more 04/23/2014 This follow up to the excellent Man of Marble (Czlowiek z marmuru) is simply a bad film. Well-intentioned, but in the absence of a coherent, independent story, it is a piece of political propaganda. For the Solidarity movement, against the mendacity and repression of the crumbling communist state, but it doesn;t make it good. See more 10/31/2013 Andrzej Wajda is always fond of portraying his motherland's important historical moments. Man of Iron is a semi-documentary picturing the Gdansk Shipyard Uprising and the birth of Solidarity Movement led by Lech Walesa. Through flashbacks and references to his previous film, Man of Marble, we are presented the courageous Polish resistance, a precursor to the prominent fall of the Communist experiment. Dealing with the battle between conformity and conscience, Wajda exhibited his patriotism with a hope of a better future in this film. See more 03/20/2013 The sequel to man of marble. See more 08/12/2012 Wajda's film mixes documentary footage with a backstory of how the son of the leader of a workers' movement rises to prominence. The seemingly central story of a journalist's finding his calling/courage doesn't ever click, and I kept wishing for more of the other stories. See more Read all reviews

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